Entity: Department of the Interior

FOIA to multiple agencies seeking to shed light on whether or not Michael Cohen or any of his associates have influenced federal activities, including whether they have received special treatment for their high-paying clients. American Oversight is seeking communications between any appointee and the following: Michael Cohen, Essential Consultants, Corey Lewandowski, Jason Osborne, Mike Rubino, Barry Bennett, Turnberry Solutions LLC, and Avenue Strategies.

Records from Customs and Border Protection, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management including communications and analyses related to the environmental impact of infrastructure maintenance and construction on border land.

Records in response to our FOIA regarding Zinke's offshore drilling plans seeking communications with states that are also seeking to be exempt like Florida. These states also have upcoming gubernatorial elections.

Following reports that high-level Trump administration officials expressed concern about the “loyalty” of career civil servants at the State Department, and even explored ways to “purge” some of those career employees from their positions. American Oversight submitted this FOIA to determine whether similar conversations occurred at other agencies.

FOIA to DOI seeking communications concerning the White House Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America, administration infrastructure-related policies or proposals, or any other proposal to allow permits for pipelines to cross lands administered by the National Park Service between DOI and any member of Congress or congressional staff.

American Oversight sued 18 agencies in order to force the release of resumes for political appointees across the Trump administration. This is the second lawsuit that American Oversight has filed seeking appointee resumes. FOIA requests included in this complaint cover appointees who joined the administration in the time period follow the first sets of resumes we obtained in 2017.

After uncovering new details about office renovation expenses at HUD and the EPA, American Oversight filed a broad, multi-agency lawsuit to find out how much taxpayer money senior Trump administration officials – including Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross – have spent to upgrade their personal offices.

FOIA seeking communications regarding offshore drilling or the “2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program" between DOI and various senators and governors up for reelection.